Tennis, Denver’s latest indie-darlings play the venerable Hi-Dive tonight.  I’ve been listening to their full length release, Cape Dory a lot this week and I’d be lying if I said I haven’t warmed up to it.  It’s sparse, but bright.  Dreamy, but not droney. Some definite winners in the mix.

After some initial skepticism towards the group – seemingly coming out of nowhere – along with a maritime origin story made all the more bizarre considering Colorado’s very landlocked status, I’m excited about seeing a local band play before a hometown audience.   I’m certainly curious to see the band perform tonight.  Way more so after reading the following piece of brutal honesty from a Denver Post piece on the band published in December.

“Our shows in Denver don’t feel good,” says [Alaina] Moore. “I hate our shows in Denver. We’ve had way more negativity in Denver than anywhere else.” [Husband and bandmate Patrick] Riley is quick to jump in, suggesting that the hometown hatred is on account of the fact that they started touring early as opposed to cutting their teeth with local bands in local venues. Moore hints that the band might pack up and move to New York or San Francisco as early as this summer.

Yikes. That won’t exactly endear them much love from the locals.  Tennis, Denver band….for now.